Continuous cigarette-machine with tipping attachment.



F. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 00'1" 30, 1909.

Patented Feb. 7, 191 1.

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1 P. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

. APPLICATION FILED 001.30, 1909. 983,299. Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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15'. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1909.

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F. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1909.

Patented Feb. 7,

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I APTLIOATION FILED 001'. so, 1909. 983,299. I

Patented Feb. 7, 1 91 1.

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F. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.-

. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30. 1909.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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F. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 30, 1909.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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F. E. LUDINGTON. CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

I APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30, 1909. 988,299.. I

Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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UNITED; sT TEs PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK En LUDINGTON, F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CONTINUOUS CIGARETTE-MACHINE WITH TIPPING ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 19h.

Application filed Qctober 30, 1909. Serial No. 525,423.

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Continuous Cigarette-Machines with Tipping Attachments, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to that class of continuous cigarette machines in which a wrapper is secured upon a continuous filler,.and a section of tipping material as sheet-cork, is attached at regulaninterva s to the wrapper, and the cigarette-rod subsequently divided intermediate tojsuch sections, and through the middles of such sections, to form cigarettes with mouth-pieces attached.

The present. invention comprises improved means for supplying sections of the tipping material to the continuous wrapper, for securely pasting-the wrapper where the tipping-sections are applied, and for delivering the alternatecigarettes in difl'erent receptacles, in which the cigaretteslie with the tips upon the opposite ends of the cigarettes.

In the present construction, the cork-sections are formed from a continuous strip which is fed intermittingly to a cutter, and the sections taken therefrom by transferjaws which deliver the sections successively to a gripper upon a tipping-roll. lhe section is pasted in connection with its transfer to the wrapper, against which 1t is pressed by a raised seat upon the tippingroll. By applying paste to the sectionafter it is grasped by the gripper, it can beap plied directly to the paper wrapper and not handled at all after the paste is received; but the small portion of each section which is held in the gripper thus escapes the application of paste, and it is desirable to furnish additional-means for securing the ,curely application of pasteto the edge of the corktip when the wra er is pasted and folded upon the filler, and such additlonal means is provided herein, so thatthe tip 1s sepasted at the mouth-piece of the cigarette. v

TlFhe invention y also includes details of construction which will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which- Figures 1 and 2 show a front elevation of the machine, the junction of the two.

figures being on the line m x in each figure. Many details are. omitted in Figs. 1 and 2, which are supplied. in the detail views. Fig. l is an end view of the cigarette-cutting and delivery-apparatus; Flg. 1 is a plan of part of the cigarette-rod with the tipping-sections thereon; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the corkstrip-feed, and Fig. 2 is. anfend View of the same with the corkstrip shown in section, both views being 811-" larged over the scale shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of they frame of the machine with the dr ving-gearing; Fig. 4 is a plan, and Fig. 5 an elevation of the means for pasting the edges of the cork-tips upon the wrapper. Fig. 6 is a plan partly in section (on line 66 in Fig. l) of the cigarette-delivery apparatus; Fig- 7 is a rear elevation showing the deliverytube raised to clear the moving cigarette; Fig. 8 is an elevation of the devices for cutting the cork-tips and applying them to the wrapper just prior to the cutting of a seclar view with the cork-section transferred to the tipping-roll; Fig. 9* is an end elevation of the cork-feeding-b'ed and dog; and Fig. 9 an elevation of the tipping-roll with the transfer-jaws inserting the corksection therein. Fig. 10 is an end view of the cork-strip feeding devices with the gearing for driving the same; Fig. 10 is a similar view of the transfer-jaws and their rocker detached from the adjacentvparts. Fig. 11 is an end view of the means for driving the tipping-roll and applyingpaste to the same; Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the same parts; Fig. 18 is a bottom view of the pasting-roll and the pastebox; Fig. 14 is a ,cross'-section of the folder where the paste is applied to the wrapper, with the pastingdisks in-working position. Fig. 15 'is a perspective view of .the strip-feeding parts, and Fig. 16 is a perspective View of the folder. 1

A designates the frame of the machine, 131a main driving-shaft with driving-pulleys ll-a cutter-.shifting-shaft connected with I main driving-shaft by change-wheels E tion from the cork-strip; Fig. 9 is; a 'simii and F a so-c'alledf unison-shaft connected with the cutter-shifting-sha'ft D by gears F and change-wheels E. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) Two receptacles or trays G5 and G are shown to receive the finished cigarettes, and two chutes H and H are extended from the cigarette delivery-trough I to the two receptacles.

J 8 designates a folder formed of top andbottom sections grooved at their junction, to form the cigarette-rod; Kfa paste-wheel for-pasting the-edge of the wrapper, L a tape mounted upon tape-wheels L and L the former being connected by spur-gears and bevel-gears M with the driving-shaft B The spur-gears M are indicated only 'by dotted circles in Figs. 1 and 3, on account of the excessive smallness of the scale. The parts so far described are of ordinary construction, as well as the cutter N.

which is drivenin the usual manner by belt and wheels N, and is mounted upon a cutter carriage O reciprocated endwise during the cutting movement, by suitable gearing which connects its shaft 0 with the cutter-shift ing-shaft D. i

P indicates the usual tobacco feedinghopper which supplies the tobacco to a trough 1 through which the wrapper p is extended from a reel 77'. The wrapper, is shown in Fig. 2 extended: from a reel over guide-rolls through a printing apparatus Q for printing labels upon the wrapper as is usuah'and from thence toa wrapper-supporting-wheel R from which it is led over a guide-roll R and through a guide R to the trough P*, from which it passes into the folderJ" as is usual.

- Fig.1 shows a portio'n of the cigaretterod with two tipping-patches thereon having a dotted line a drawn across the middle where they would ,be' severed by the cutter.

A dotted line 11 also crosses the cigarette-rod I showing where it is divided intermediate to the tipping-patches, thus disposing the alternate cigarettes a a cut from the rod with their mouth-pieces a a upon opposite ends.

I will now describe the novel features of construction which form and apply the corksection to the wrapper before it is folded around the filler.

0'0170- feeding and cutting devices-The cork-strip s is fed from areel S (see Fig.

2) over guide-rolls S toa' cbrk feeding' bed a S which is mounted upon thefrarne A by a bracket A1. The feed -bed f has marginal guides 8 for t-he-edgesof the cork-strip.

The uide-rolls" are p1voted-upon a slotted feed-arm S which ishinged to-the feed-bed by pivot T and a linkisieisconnected ad- 'justably to the feed-arm by bolt S. and tea crank' pin T rotated by geareconnections to be' hereinafter described. A dog-spindle U is journaled across the bed upon suitable standards and a sloping-dog U- dog-spindle is provided with a crank-arm U and a rod U connects the same adjustably with the slotted feed-arm by means of a bolt U fitted to a slot U in such feed-arm, (Fig. 2 The dog U is permitted a very limited movement by a stop a mounted upon the feed-bed.

' The rotation of the crank-pin T oscillates the slotted feed-arm and the crank-arm U but so small a movement is permitted to the dog and feed-arm upon the dog-spindle U that the link U? produces a reciprocating motion of the feed-bed. 8*, the rear movement of the rod U (indicated by the arrow u in Fig. 9) operating to lift the dog from the cork-strip s as indlcate'd in dotted lines in Fig. 9, and the reverse movement operating first to press the dog upon the cork-strip and then .to 'move the feedbed forward with the strip, as in Fig. 8. The oscillations of the. top roll S draws the strip 8 from the reel. The extent of such feeding moveis held a(lustably. thereon by clamp-screw U The clamp W to ralse the same as the cork-strip is fed forward. A fixed cutter X is attached to the fixed clamp V and a cutterarm Y is pivoted upon a shaft Y adjacent to the upper end of the lifter-bar V, and

a cutter-blade X is jointed to the end of the cutter-arm and its lower end pressed toward the fixed cutter-X by a spring X A head-piece Y is secured adjustably upon the upper end of the lifter-bar W by screws (see Fig. 10), and a plate Y is extended from the cutter-arm with a slot 3 to embrace the upper end of the lifter-bar W. The cutter-arm Y? is oscillated, ashereinafter described,'to raise the cutter after sever- -ing each section 8 from the cork-strip s, and

the head-piece Y is so adjusted that such upward. movement of the cutter-arm also lifts the movable clamp. W, to permit the ad- Vance of the cork-strip when feeding a succeeding section to the cutter. It is common when pressing a cutter-blade, as X, elastically against the fixed cutter like X, to form the movable cutter-blade with a sloping cutting edge provided atone end with a vertical tongue, which overlaps the face of the fixed blade at one end when the movable blade'is raised, and thus prevents the movable blade from slipping over the top of the fixed blade, which would prevent its subsequent descent. Such tonguedies beyond the path of the cork-strip s, atone side of the same. Fig. 8'shows the movable clamp thus raised, and the corkstrip fed forward, while Fig. 9 shows the clamp and knife lowered and the'section s severed from the strip. l

A so-called rocker Z is pivoted upon a stud Z on the frameA and provided with jaws for gripping a tippingsection and transferring it from the clamp to a tipping roll 0, which applies the sections to the wrapper 79 upon a wrapper-wheel The rocker is pressed normally toward the clamp by a spring T and is oscillated by means to be hereinafter described. The rocker, as shown in Fig. has a fixed jaw 2 upon its upper end and a movable jaw z fitted to the rocker by slide-bars 2 which have collars and springs a to press the jaws normally together. The rocker oscillates to move the jaws toward the clamps where they are opened by suitable mechanismand closed upon the middle of the section when the same is moved forward and then carry. the section to the tipping-roll. .The means for opening and closing the jaws can be described and then their operation jointly with the tipping-roll. The rocker Z has a trip-shaft 1 mounted thereon with fingers 11 extended under the collars on the slidebars to lift the jaw z, and the trip-shaft has arms a and w fixed thereon and arranged to contact with stationary abutments upon the frame when the rocker moves in its two extreme opposite positions, the arms operating in turn to shift the fingers y, and thus open the jaws in such extreme positions, and hold them opened for a short time in each of such positions until the arms. are moved from contact with the abutments. The arm as is connected adjustably with the tripshaft y by a split hub and clamp-screw so as to vary its operation'upon the jaws, and

the arm 00 has an adjustable connection with its abutment by means of a hinged stem x fitted through a hole 00 in a stationary abutment, and provided with an adjustable collar 00 which can be adjusted to contact with I the" abutment at any desired point in the movement of the rocker;

As the rocker moves to the position next the clamp asjshown in Fig. 8, the collar w contacts with 'the abutment ,and'throws the finger g upwardly; thus opening the jaws to receive the cork-strip. as it advances- The collar is so adjusted that when the rocker ismoved away from theQclamp to. the middle of the projected. section,'.the jaws close thereon and the rocker then remains stationthe driving-shaft B ary untilthe section is cutfrom the strip 5. As the rocker moves to the opposite position shown in Fig. 9 the arm w strikes the lower corner of the fixed clamp V, which operates to lift the finger y and open the clamp to deliver the section to the tippingroll.

The tipping-roll 0 is bored to turn loosely upon a stud c carried by a bearing 03 adjustable upon the frame adjacent to the.

wrapper-supporting-wheel R. The roll 0 has a longitudinal notch in, one side with a cylindrical bore at its base in which the journal of agripper e is fitted movably and provided at its outer end with an arm 6 which is shifted by a cam f upon the bearing to open and close the gripper. The arm e is shown in Figs. 9 and 11 with a roll 6 thereon ,to press upon the cam, and the cam f is shown in Figs. 11 and 12 attached to the bearing which carries the. stud'0,' but in Fig. 9 the cam is shown without the bearing, to exhibit the arm and gripper clearly. In

Fig. 9, the cam is shown in its relation to the roll, but the bearing is omitted to exhibit the other parts clearly. A spring f operates upon the arm '6 to hold the gripper normally closed by pressing the roll toward the cam. The bearing d is shown broken away in Fig. 8 to show the spring clearly. Fig. 9 shows the gripper closed upon one end of a tipping-section 8, while Fig. 9 shows the gripper opened to admit the forward end of the section.

,A concentric seat 0 projects from the surface of the roll 0 in the rear of the gripper,

(in relationto its rotation indicated by'the arrows f and supports the section in itsmovement beneath a pastingroll h and in its application to the wrapper p, as shown' in Fig. 8. The seat'o carries the pasted section immediately into contact with the wrapper p upon the wrapper-supporting.

wheel R the cam f simultaneously opening the gripper so that the patch 8 is transferred wholly to the wrapper. The forward abtheopposite' end with a geanwheel d which is rotated by suitable connections to 'Thebearing d is provided with an ad'- usting-screw 0 which bearsagainst a stationary abutment c" and serves to adjust the roll 0 toward the wrapper p in applying the tipping-sections thereto, and also compensates" for necessary changes in the size of the tipping-rol l, which isvariedtofcorwith 5 the roll by the gripper, through the medium of the paste-roll h journaled in thebottom of the pastebox g. The pastebox is mounted adjustably upon a leg' g by means of a bolt and slot connection 9 and the leg carmounted to turn loosely and provided upon its inner end Witha gear 72, to mesh with I the gear d upon the tipping-roll. The leg is in turn mounted adjustably upon the bearing (5 by a slotted foot fitted over the outer end of the stud 0, and secured thereon, by a nut 71. The adjustment of the pastebox enables it to be set accurately in contact with the upper side of the paste-roll, and the adjustment of the leg enables the paste-roll to be adjusted accurately in contact with the seat 0 upon the tipping-roll. One edge of the pastebox adjacent tothe I paste-roll is formed with a seat h to which a doctor It is fitted and held in. place by a cap 72, The doctor is adjustable toward'the periphery of the paste-roll by means of a screw.

72. to regulate the supply of .paste to the rolls.

Figs. 3,8 and 10 show the connections from the driving-shaft for actuatingpthe feeding device, the cork-cutter, the rocker and the tipping-roll, all of. which are driven from an auxiliary-shaft z inthe following manner. The shaft is extended through the frame adjacent to the edge of the wrapperwheel R and connected with the tipplngroll and with the feed-crank-pin T by a cog-wheelj, which i merely indicated by dotted lines in Fig. to avoid obscuring the cams which are represented upon the shaft. The gear-wheel j is connected with a crank-platelc carrying'the feed-crank-pin T by means of gear-wheels Z, and-with the gear d upon the tipping-roll'by means of gears m, all of which are indicated in 8zmerely by dotted lines. l' \Y The wrapper supporting wheel R and the tlpping-roll are positively rotated at the 5 0- sanie surface speed so that the pasted section 8' may beapplied-to the wrapper withoutany slip.= The roll 0 is made change- I; able upon the-stud 0 to provide for tipping cigarettes of difierent lengths, as the long the shorter cigarettes; and when a larger roll is slipped upon the stud it is provided a -larger gear-wheel d which necessitates a i e-adjustment of the bearing d to make such 'gear-wheelmesh with the --gears H m. The wrapper-supporting-wheel R -"is driven from the main driving-shaft 1:) by means of bevel-gears F and spur-gears F,

latter are indicated by dotted circles ri-es a stud g upon which the paste-roll iscigarettes require a largertippin'g-roll thanin Fig. 3, the scale being too small to show the teeth of the wheels.

As the unison-shaft is in connection with the main driving-shaft, the wrap ersupporting wheel R and the tipping-r01 0 are thus driven at the required surface speed. The shaft 71 is also furnished with cams to actuate the cork-cutter and the rocker which carries the transfer-j aws. The cutter-arm Y is shown in Figs. 8 and 10 upon a shaft Y extended through the frame A and having an arm G 9 upon its inner end which is actuatedby connection to a cain G upon the shaft 71.

' A cam H and arm 11 oscillate a shaft H- to move the rocker Z, the rocker bein pulled in one, direction by spring T an pressed in the other direction by the cam through the agency of a lever H. This lever, shown in Figs. 8, 10 and 11, bears upon the rocker at one end of the jaw z, and the cam H is shaped, as indicatedmdjacent to the reference letter 0 in Fig. 8 with a raised seat which moves the rocker from the cork cutter outwardl the cork-section s and ho 'ds it" -in that position until the cork-section or patch is severed from the strip. he cam H is also furnished with a more evated seat 0* which then shifts the transfer-jaws nearly tothe tipping-roll as indicated in Fig. 9 the i jaws remaining closed until the cork-sect on is grasped by the gripper e and being by the contact of the arm as with the abutmenton the clamps V. The corkcutter, the transfer-jaws and the tippingroll are thus operated successively in the manner desired. i

The full operation of the transfer jaws and tipping-roll is as follows: When a cork- 'patch has been severed by the cutter X, as indicated in Fig. 9, the cutter and the clamp W are lifted to permit the cork-strip s to be fed forward, as shown in, Fig. 8, the clamp W-being thendo'wered. The rocker Z stands next the cutter with the jaws 2,2/ held open by the rod :12, as shown in Fig. 8, during the advance of the strip, and the rocker is then moved outwardly by the leverarm 40,. the movement of the rod as away from. the abutment m permitting "the springs 2 to close-the jaws upon the middle-of the cork-patch s. -The further ad-.

edge of the patch into the gripper upon the tipping-roll, as shown in Fi j gripper closes upon-the edge of the patch, the arm m? at. such time striking the clamp jaws from the patch, which is immediately upon seat 0 which supports the patch vance of the rocker inserts the forward 120 g. 9". The- V, as shown in Fig. 9, thus releasing the to the middle of opened in the final movement of the jaws,

drawn out of the jaws by the rotation of the tipping-roll. Such rotation. lays the patch duringits movement under the pasting-roll h, which pastes all of the patch excepting the edge within the gripper. The freshly pasted surface is immediately carried against the wrapper p as shown in Fig.8, and the patch delivered thereto by the opening of the gripper e which releases it in time for its pasted surface to fully adhere to the wrapper. The cork is very resilient, and in practice, the'edge of the patch's which is embraced by the gripper is very narrow, and springs into contact with the wrapper when it is released from the gripper, so as to lie flat upon the wrapper. The margin of the cork-patch along the edge of the wrapper is subsequently pasted to make it adhere to the wrapper firmly, as next described herein; and the patch .is thus securely fastened to the wrapper so that when the patch is divided at the rniddleupon the line a in Fig. l", the corlrti s are firmly adherent to the divided cigarettes. Upon the release of the patch from the jaws z, a,

"the rocker Z moves backwardly to the positron shown in Fig. 8, the rod m operating by contact with the abutment w, to open the jaws to receive another patch 8'.

Pasting 0f wrapper and c01'k-secti0ns. It is desirabletoavoid forming the lapjoint a of the cork-patch or section on 2. line with the joint a of the wrapper (see Fig. 1 and such coincidence of the joint is avoided by attaching the cork-patches or sections to the wrapper so as/to slightl overlap one edge of the sameflas shown at s in Fig. 3 .This arrangement projects one edge of the cork-patch slightly over one edge of the wrapper, and it has been found in practice that the means for applying paste to theedge of the wrapper in the folder has been inadequate to properly paste the projecting edge of the cork-section and thus leaves the edge of the cork-tip looseupon the mouth-piece. This is rectlfied in the present invention by providing a pressing-disk r to press the exposed edge of the cork-patch 8 against the paste-wheel K which applies paste to the' wrapper. This is illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 14,

where the usual folder J is shown with a cap J adapted to fold the pasted edge of the wrapper downward as soon as it is pasted,

so as to close the seam. The paste-wheel. K isshown adjacent to the end of such 'by the screw 7. This pressing-disk is formed at one side with a seat 1* of the same length as the cork-pat-ch s' and is revolved at such rate as to pres's each patch as it passes the edge of the paste-wheel K against the pasted edge of the wheel.

edge of the dislrso that it would escape contact with the paste unless against the disk.

It is necessary to provide the raised seat 1" upon the pressing-disk, as otherwise the edge of such disk would become loaded with paste by contact with the edge of the pastewheel K above the edge of the wrapper.

By the construction shown, the edge ,of the pressing-diskis kept clean and does not, therefore, foul the outer edge of'the corksection where it presses against it. The edge of the disk is slightly flared as shown in Fig. 14, and the edge of the pressing-disk 1' is slightly coned in opposition thereto, so as to tip the edge of the cork over and press it against the paste upon the upper edge of the disk. This supplies the corkpatch with paste positively so that when the seam is closed by the. cap J the cork is securely fastened, and a perfect mouth-piece is formed. K

The pressing-disk 1; is'rotated in unison with the cigarette-wrapper by a connection positively pressed to the unison-shaft F as shownin Figs.

nected with a sprocket-wheel t attached to.

the pressing-disk r, by means of a sprocketchain t which is indicated, without showing all of the links, in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing. The pressing-disk and its sprocket-wheel t turn loosely upon a, stud t on the adjusting-arm r As a sprocket-chain transmits motion without slippage, the pressing-disk is rotated in perfect unison with the movements of the wrapper and the appliances which apply the cork-sections.

Deli-very of finished cigarettes.- The cigarettes severed by the cutter N are delivered from the ledger-tube I to a guide-tube T adjacent to the delivery-trough I, and the chutes H, H extend longitudinally under the forward ends of the guide-tube I and delivery-tube to receive the cigarettes there from.

The improvement in the deliveryi trough I consists in providing it with a transverse rock-shaft m and means ,for oscillating the shaft in unison with the cutter so as to tip the guide-tube upwardly as shown in Fig. 7, at each alternate motion of the, cutter, and thus discharge one-half of the cigarettes into the chute H and receptacle Gr. This is efi'ectedby attaching a crank m to the end of the transverse-shaft m and, oscillating it by connection to a crank-pin e which is rotated by suitable gears '0 connected with the shaft 0 which reciprocates the cutter-carriage O. The

gears 11 are shown with teeth in Figs. 1" and 6, but the teeth are omitted from the .gears in Fig. 1, as the scale of that figure is too small -to represenflthem. The construction thus delivers the cigarettes alternately into the two receptacles insperfect unison with the cutting mechanism, by reason of the direct connection between their respective. gearlngs.

The cigarettes marked a in Fig. 7 i are shown with the tip a upon the rear end, while the cigarettes (1 shown in Fig. 3 have the tip a upon the forward end so that all .the cigarettes in each of the receptacles have the tips arranged at the same end.

Having )thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is: 1. In a continuous cigarette machine, the

combination, with a wrapper-wheel having the wrapper carried over its surface, of a tipping-roll revolved close to the surface of the wrapper, means for supplying the cork sections intermittingly to the tipping-roll, means upon the tipping roll for grasping the cork-section, and means for applying paste to, the cork-section during the movement of the tipping-roll, whereby the tipping-v ,"roll effects the pasting of the sectionsand ,continuous strip 'of cork, of a clamp for holding the strip when fed forward, a cutter, for severing a section from the strip, transfer-jaws for grasping the sections, means for pasting a section, and aroll having a gripper to receive the sections from the jaws and applying tlmm to the wrapper.

4. In a continuouscigzirettemachine, the combination, with the frame of the machine and means for applying cork-sections to the moving wrapper, of a feed-bed movable upon the frame with guides for a corkstrip thereon, a cutter adjacent to the feedbed for severing the sections,- a feed-dog having a spindlepivoted upon the feed-bed with a crank-arm attached adjustably to.

the said spindle, a slotted feed-arm hinged upon the frame adjacent to the bed, a link connected adjustably thereto and to the crank-arm, and a feed-crank-pin having a link connected adjustably to the slotted feedarm, whereby the feed of the strip may be varied at pleasure.

5. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with the frame of the machine and means for applying cork-sections to the ,moving wrapper, of a feed-bed movable upon the frame with guides for a cork-strip thereon, a cutter adjacent to the feed-bed for severing the sections, a feed-dog having. a spindle pivoted upon the feed-bed with a crank-arm attached adjustably to the said spindle, a slotted feed-arm pivoted upon the frame adjacent to the bed and having two plates with rolls between the same at the pivoted and'free ends of the said feed-arm,.a reel for supplying a cork-strip to the feedby passage over the said rolls, a link connecting the slotted feed-arm with the crank-arm upon the dog, and a feed-crankpin having a link connected adjustably to the slotted feed-arm,Whereby the feed of the strip maybe varied at pleasure, and the-oscillation of the rolls with the free end of the feed-arm draws the cork-strip from its reel.

6. In a continuous cigarette machine, the

combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingly and a cutter for severing sections therefrom, of a rocker having transfer-jaws to receive the sections when severed, a tipping-roll for receiving the sec tions from the jaws and applying them to the wrapper,and means for vibrating the rocker and for opening and closing the transfer-jaws.

7. In a continuous cigarette machine, the

combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingl and a cutter for severing sections there rom, of a rocker having transfer-jaws to receive the sections when severed, a tipping-roll for receiving the sections from the jaws and applying them to the wrapper, means for vibrating the rocker, a trip-shaft on the rocker with a finger to open the transfer-jaws, and means connecting the trip-shaft intermittingly with a fixed abutment and operating to open the jaws when desired. a

8. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingly and a cutter for severing sections therefrom, of a rocker having transfer-jaws to receive the sections when severed, a tipping-roll for receiving the sections from the jaws and applying them to the wrapper, means for vibrating the rocker, a trip-shaft on the rocker with a finger to open the transfer-jaws, and means connecting the trip-shaft intermittingly, in the opposite position of the rocker, with fixed abutmen'ts for opening the transfer-jaws in the saidopposite positions, to receive and deliver the tipping-sections.

9. In a contlnuous cigarette machine, the

combination, with means for feeding a cork-- strip intermittingly and a cutter for severlng sections therefrom, of a rocker ha-v mg transfer-jaws to receive the sections when severed, a tipping-roll for receiving the sections fronnthe jaws and applying them to the wrapper, an arm and cam to vibrate the rocker,'a spring to press it normally toward the cutter, a trip-shaft on the rocker with a finger to open the transferaws, and means connecting the rock-shaft intermittingly, in the opposite positions of the rocker, with fixed abutmentsfor. openlng the transfer-jaws in the said opposite positions, to receive and deliver the tippingsections. j

10. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingly and for severing sections therefrom, of a rocker having lower jaws with rods movable through the same and an upper 'jaw attached to the rods with springs to press the jaws normally together, a 111113-Sl1i1ft1113011 the rocker with a finger to open the jaws and having the cranks w.

and a secured thereon as described, and abutments V and 00 arranged as described, and operating upon the cranks in the opposite positions of the rocker, to open the same at suitable times to receive and deliver the tipping-sections.

11, In a continuous cigarette machine, the

combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingly and for severing sec tions therefrom, of a rocker having lower jaws with rods movable through the same and an upper jaw attached to the rods with springs to press the jaws normally together, a trip-shaft upon the rocker with a finger to open the jaws and havingthe cranks 00 and secured thereon as described, abutments to operate upon the" cranks in the opposite positions of the rocker, a spring for propelling the rocker in one direction and thereby actuating one of the cranks by\its abutment, and means for moving the rocker 1n the opposite direction and thereby actuating the other crank by its abutment.

12. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermittingly, of a fixed clamp supported adjacent such feeding means with a fixed cutter thereon, a movable clamp with spring .for pressing it normally toward the fixed clamp to grip the cork-strip, a movable cutter, a cutter-arm for reciprocating the same past the fixed cutter, a lifter-bar for the movable clamp, and means connected with the cutter-arm for actuating the lifterf bar when the cutter is raised.

13. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for feeding a cork- ..strip intermittingly, of a fixed clamp supported adjacent such feeding means with a fixed cutter and studs upon the fixed clamp carrying each a collar and a spiral spring, a movable clamp fitted to the studs beneatli the springs for holding the cork-strip, a lifter-bar projected upward from the movable clamp with an adjustable head-block upon the top, a movable cutter, a cutter-arm to reciprocate the same past the fixed cutter, and a slotted plate extending from; the cutmovable clamp when the cutter is raised.

14:: In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for feeding a corkstrip intermitt-ingly and for severing sections therefrom, of afixed clamp adjacent I such feeding means with a fixed cutter thereon, a movable clamp with springs for upward from the movable clamp, a cutter arm movable adjacent to the lifter-bar, a cutter-blade jointed to the cutter-arm and movable past the fixed cutter,-a sprmg'to press the cutter-blade toward the fixed cutter, and means connected with the cutterarm forjactuating the lifter-barwhen the cutter-blade is raised. j

.15. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with the machine frame and continuous wrapper, of a wrapper-support ing-wheel and a tipping-roll for applying a cork-patch tothe wrapper upon such wheel, ,a feeding-device for feedinga continuous cork-strip intermittingly, said device havlng a dog and crank-pin for actuating the same, a cutting device for severing the strip into sections, a rocker with transferaws for to theitipping-roll, a cam-shaft with a cam for actuating the cutter, and a cam for gear-wheels connecting the cam-shaft with the crank-pin for the feeding-device and with theatipping-roll and wrapper-wheel, whereby the whole are operated in unison.

16. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for forming a cigarette-rod with continuous wrapper, of means for applying cork-patches at intervals to the wrapper, a folder for turning one edge of the wrapper and cork-patch downter-arm beneath the head-block to lift the means for forming a cigarette-rodwith a actuating the rocker and transfer-jaws, and

ward and holding the other edge of thepressing it normally toward the fixed clamp, to grip the cork-strip, a lifter-bar extended grasping the sections-and delivering them i the patch projecting above-the same, a pastfolder supported upon the top of the frame ing-agent for annlying paste to such exposed edge of. the wrapper, and a pressing-disk with a seat operating to press the exposed edge of the patch against the pasting-agent.

18. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with means for forming a cigarette-rod wvith a continuous wrapper, of-

means for applying cork-patches at inter: vals to the wrapper, cut-oif mechanism for dividing the cigarette-rod at the middle of each patch, a folder forturning one edge of the wrapper and patch downward and holding the other edge of the wrapper and patch exposed, a pasting-agent for applying paste to such exposed edge of the wrapper and patch, a pressing-disk With seat to press the patch against the paste-wheel, and niechanism connecting the said pressing-disk with the tipping-mechanism, and with the said cut-ofi' mechanism to operate them all in unison, I I

19. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with the frame 'A having the driving-shaft B, the tape-wheels L and L connected to such shaft and having the tape L thereon for propelling the wrapper, cutoif mechanism to divide the cigarette-rod, gearing connecting the same with the driving-shaft, means for supplying a wrapper to the t'ape,.means for applying cor -patches at intervals to the wrapper, a unis n-shaft connecting such means with the driving-shaft, a

and operating to turn down one edge of the wrapper and to hold the other edge exposed, a paste-wheel with pasted periphery for pasting such exposed edge of the wrapper and the attached patch, a pressing-disk with seat thereon to press the cork-patch toward the paste-Wheel, and gearing positivelyconnecting such pressing-disk with its ufiisonshaft to operate in unison with the cut oif and tipping-mechanism.

20. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with the machine frame and means for forming a cigarette-rod with a continuous wrapper, of means for applying cork-patches at intervals to the wrapper, a cutter and means for operating the same to divide the cigarette-rod at the middle of each patch, two cigarette receptacles for the alternate cigarettes with separate chutes directed toward the same, a guide-tube receiving the cigarettes from the cutter, and a delivery-tube extended between the guide-tube and the chutes and having a transverse rockshaft with means for oscillating the same in unison with the cutter, for delivering the cigarettes alternately to the said chutes.

21. In a continuous cigarette machine, the combination, with the machine frame and means for forming a cigarette-rod with a continuous wrapper, of means for applying cork-patches at intervals to the wrapper, a cutter with a driving-shaft for driving the same to divide the cigarette-rod at the middle of such cork-patch, two cigarette receptacles for the alternate cigaiettes with separate chutes. directed toward the same, a

guide-tube receiving the cigarettes from the cutter, a delivery-tube extended between the guide-tube and the chutes and having a transverse rock-shaft with rock-arm thereon, and a rotary crank with connections to the rock-arm and to the cutter-driving-shaft, for oscillating the delivery-tube in unison with the cutter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'FRANK E. LUDINGTON. WVitnesses':

' L. LEE,

THOMAS S. CRANE. 

